If you need an internet connection to play SP games then yes I care. If you mean always on in the sense of auto updating and whatnot then no. Since I'm not sure which one you mean I didnt vote in the poll.

If you need an internet connection to play SP games then yes I care. If you mean always on in the sense of auto updating and whatnot then no. Since I'm not sure which one you mean I didnt vote in the poll.

Yeah I mean it really will not have any affect on me now but what I move to some place where I can not afford internet for a while. Should I not be able to play the single player of the came I bought? What if I am at a place that has free wifi yet it keeps dropping? If both consoles did it I would not game next gen.

Well I wouldn't care. People whine about people with no internet connections or bad ones. I say it's more rooted in something to $#@! about pertaining to Xbox platform more than anything. Once disc media based consoles fade away and go to digital downloads, you will be stuck with this in the end anyways.

Well I wouldn't care. People whine about people with no internet connections or bad ones. I say it's more rooted in something to $#@! about pertaining to Xbox platform more than anything. Once disc media based consoles fade away and go to digital downloads, you will be stuck with this in the end anyways.

I edited your post as the end of it was nothing but baiting. Lets keep this topic civil, without trying to bait others in to an argument.

Right now I am in Japan. I have only 1 internet cord/connection. So if my PS3, for example, was online-only then I have to choose between playing my PS3 or using my internet. You might say `Hey, just buy an extra cord` but then why do I have to spend even more money, time, and space to set-up something else to play my PS3? It is just going to be an inconvenience.

How will an event like EVO work? Instead of just setting up a system to TV, now you need X internet cables hooking into X consoles, clogging up everything, limiting you to a corner where the internet jack is at.

Every time I play online with friends it is a constant battle with my interent connection. 75% time I lose the battle and resort to going back to single player games. There is no way I would be able to play next gen consoles if they went this way... So I voted Yes.

I can deal with the no-used-games thing because I only buy new games but I can't deal with greedy developers thinking they have a right to do this. I've said it before, if they want one game per console they should "push" digital downloads, making it more attractive to the consumer.

PSN ID: clear_as_night"XBOX IS ABOUT TO BECOME THE NEXT WATER COOLER" ~NANCY TELLEM, ENTERTAINMENT AND DIGITAL MEDIA PRESIDENT OF MICROSOFT

I don't think you have anything to worry about in terms of always on DRM.
Ubisoft used to do such a system on PC but it has failed badly and so they removed the always online requirement from all games going forwards.

People would be happily playing then there was a brief glitch with their internet or the Ubi servers and they were booted out the game back to the start screen with all progress lost.
Sometimes the Ubi servers were down so nobody could even begin to play which resorted in people downloading the pirated versions just so they could play the game they actually paid for.
Irony.

This is silly. Good for the ***holes that are set themselves with glorious always working broadband connection, but some of us are not so lucky and/or have more worldly views and realize that many will be cut off/ out in the cold/ if they do enact always on DRM that wont allow one to play a single player game without phoning home to confirm it's a legit copy.

Right now I am in Japan. I have only 1 internet cord/connection. So if my PS3, for example, was online-only then I have to choose between playing my PS3 or using my internet. You might say `Hey, just buy an extra cord` but then why do I have to spend even more money, time, and space to set-up something else to play my PS3? It is just going to be an inconvenience.

How will an event like EVO work? Instead of just setting up a system to TV, now you need X internet cables hooking into X consoles, clogging up everything, limiting you to a corner where the internet jack is at.

Get a cheap router. If you can't afford that then that's sad.

Originally Posted by Foraeli

Two words. Sim City and Assassin's Creed

Three words... It's the FUTURE. You may not like it, but it IS coming someday.

Originally Posted by the_jim

Every time I play online with friends it is a constant battle with my interent connection. 75% time I lose the battle and resort to going back to single player games. There is no way I would be able to play next gen consoles if they went this way... So I voted Yes.

I can deal with the no-used-games thing because I only buy new games but I can't deal with greedy developers thinking they have a right to do this. I've said it before, if they want one game per console they should "push" digital downloads, making it more attractive to the consumer.

Greedy? Define it! Cuz you wouldn't like it if I looked at your income and decided to call you greedy. You'd of course cry foul and say you don't make a lot of money. Well to a homeless person who has no money, you look mighty greedy to him. Greed is in the eye of the beholder. Be careful when throwing that word around cuz it could just as easily be used to describe yourself.

Kinda like when union members call corporations greedy for not paying them a "living wage" as defined by THEM. And these SAME union people look for the lowest prices when buying things, yet never think twice as to if their own cheapness in the price they pay for things is providing a "living wage" for the people that make and/or provide that service or product. People are okay with the notion of wanting the cheapest price possible for a product/service..... but blast the very same concept when an employer wants his labor for the cheapest price possible. BOTH are understandable.

When I was a teen back in the 80's, I used to pirate games all the time. Never thought it was wrong.....UNTIL.... I actually had to go work for a living to pay my bills. Then I understood why it was wrong. If you think a product is too high priced and that the devs are greedy... then just don't buy the game. It's not like it's lifesaving medicine you have to have to survive. We have no right to cheap games.

Like I said, why do I have to go out and get a separate piece of equipment not otherwise needed? It is not essential. If every game made was online only, then fine it is not a problem. But if the majority to half of the games are offline only, what does having an internet connection do for me?

TV+System=Easy and Simple
TV+System+Router+Internet=So many things can go wrong.

Like I said, why do I have to go out and get a separate piece of equipment not otherwise needed? It is not essential. If every game made was online only, then fine it is not a problem. But if the majority to half of the games are offline only, what does having an internet connection do for me?

TV+System=Easy and Simple
TV+System+Router+Internet=So many things can go wrong.

That same argument could be made for all the extra bells and whistles they add to a console that adds to it's price and complexity. Why do I need to pay the added cost of wi-fi in a console when I use the more dependable wired internet with no interference issues? Why do I have to pay for such a big hard drive when I've never come close to filling it?

Wouldn't a console be cheaper and "Easy and Simple" as you say without a bunch of non-game features and hardware added to it that gives it MORE things that could go wrong with it? With all that stuff added....."So many things could go wrong" as you say. Why not just have it play games instead of this movie playback, web browser, social media/gaming, etc etc stuff?

When people don't want something, they can come up with every justification under the sun as to why it's such a burden........ but when it's something they really like, they will dismiss the very same things as not being much of a burden at all....all of a sudden.

Simplified..... You like it...minimize the issues.......don't like it....exaggerate the issues. Happens all the time. Kinda like when PS3 fans dogged the 360 cuz they OVERSTATED the burden of having to swap discs on SOME games. The whole "in this day and age I shouldn't have to get up and swap a disc" baloney, but were perfectly okay with MANDATORY installs eating up the PS3's hard drive space on most games when the 360 made it OPTIONAL.

It's terrible. Why would anyone be comfortable with the potential to be locked from their games? It must only be console owners here supporting or being acceptable of this kind of DRM, because clearly they haven't seen its effects on the PC. Too many times I've been booted or incapable of playing my games because of this $#@!, and I would have to go out of my way to crack a game I bought. This wouldn't even be possible on the consoles, so it's far worse.

Originally Posted by GreatSpaceKoaster

Three words... It's the FUTURE. You may not like it, but it IS coming someday.

And this is meant to be some honest justification? It's not.

Originally Posted by Soldier 95B

Yup everything is always on just like my Internet. Bring it on!

Bring on unnecessary restrictions? Why? This doesn't benefit you at all, and only serves as a possible detriment.

Like I said, why do I have to go out and get a separate piece of equipment not otherwise needed? It is not essential. If every game made was online only, then fine it is not a problem. But if the majority to half of the games are offline only, what does having an internet connection do for me?

TV+System=Easy and Simple
TV+System+Router+Internet=So many things can go wrong.

To get the most out of the console.

Before buying my PS3 in 2007 My internet was via USB modem (see pic) and when I bought the PS3 in 2007 I asked the person in the store if it was possible to connect via USB modem, he said NO you need a router either wireless or wired.
So I bought one, I didn't have to but I did to have full use of the console, I saw it as a waste of money not buying a router because I couldn't connect it to the internet and use the console to its full potential.

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